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I remember coming to live at Barclay House in the September with my sister Rachel and my Mum and Dad.  We moved from Sutton Coldfield because Dad no longer wanted to work as a garage mechanic for someone else, and he ...Read more

A memory of St Keverne in 1962 by Julie Little

I remember as a child in the early to mid 1960's taking many family holidays here in these wonderful bungalows. We spent many a day when it was raining playing Dominoes or Ludo as a family. My elder brother used to catch ...Read more

A memory of Trusthorpe in 1966 by Gina Reeves

I remember a stunning girlfriend, Rosemary Smith,  whose family farmed at Coalburn. We met while both working and studying in Manchester and I remember our visit to her mother's farm at Coalburn in 1968.  THere were ...Read more

A memory of Coalburn in 1968 by John Howard Norfolk

I lived in Hollytree Cottage during the sixties, and was christened at St. Mary Magdalen Latimer.  My father worked for Lord Chesham.  Our house used to be the Cavendish Arms, a pub at one time.  Many of the staff from the ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1961 by hinxman

I was 6 mths old when my parents moved into Magna Close, my maiden name being Stenson. 1955 I was born. Well, I have many warming memories of my childhood in Great Abington, some of which relate to the post office. Harry ...Read more

A memory of Great Abington in 1960 by Christine Cooper

This is indeed Hamsey Green. The view is from the Good Companions car park. The two shops with awnings to the right of the image no longer exist, as the Coop built a shop there. One used to be a bike shop (left) and the ...Read more

A memory of Warlingham in 1962 by Peter Miller

This photo looks like the 'Swan Inn" at the Mitcham end of Figgs Marsh where I caught the bus to Tooting Broadway to get the Underground to London.  The trees of Figgs Marsh Common can be seen in the background.  The road split in two ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by Carole Baldwin

My first husband, David Beames, and I, moved into Eynesbury House in July, 1968, and our first son, Andrew, was born at Mill Road Hospital, Cambridge, a few weeks later. William was born in 1971, also at Mill Road. Both boys went ...Read more

A memory of Eynesbury in 1968 by Jenny Given

My friends Carole, Linda & I would go to this roof top garden for a glass of orange juice.  We were only 12 at the time and this garden was on the top of Harvey Department Store in the High Street.  We would sit at the ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1960 by Mrs Christine A Fellows

In the distance you can see Ye Olde Greene Manne pub on Batchworth Heath. My Dad and I sat in the pub garden and drank beer one hot summer's day in 1965 and my mum took a photo of us together ...Read more

A memory of Batchworth Heath in 1965 by John Howard Norfolk